The lavish gardens of Buckingham Palace, accessible only to those invited by Queen Elizabeth II, will be open to the public for the first time in their 200-year-history next year, it was announced Friday. At 16 hectares, the space is the biggest private garden in the heart of London, open only to invited guests at summer garden parties and other celebratory events.
But from 2009, groups of up to 25 people will be able to book a tour on selected dates in April, May and June for 20 pounds (35 dollars) per head. Attractions include a wisteria-clad summer house, a rose garden, a romantic lake, wild flowers and mature trees. The garden is home to 30 species of birds and a quarter of the total British list of moths and butterflies.
Only recently, the queen said urgent repairs to Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, outside London, would cost at least 20 million pounds. Buckingham Palace needs a new roof and the state rooms have not been properly redecorated since the queen came to the throne in 1952, the Daily Telegraph said.
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